Winterior – Broadway World Viewers Award Finest Present Edinburgh 2017
Winner – Olivier Award: Finest Leisure and Household – 2016
Winner – Chortle Award: Finest Character, Improv or Sketch Act – 2016
Winner – Mervyn Stutter’s Spirit Of The Fringe Award – 2009
Nominated – Chortle Finest Music or Selection Act – 2011
Nominee – Finest Manufacturing – MTM Awards – 2009
Nominee – Judges’ Discretionary Award – MTM Awards 2009
London’s West Finish will as soon as once more be residence to spontaneous musical magic when ‘Showstopper! The Improvised Musical’ takes over the Cambridge Theatre on 29 September, as a part of its newly prolonged residency into 2025.
Now in its third yr on the Cambridge, the Olivier Award-winning hit stays the one long-form improv present to have loved a full West Finish run – and each single efficiency is totally distinctive. No scripts. No security nets. Simply viewers strategies reworked, on the spot, right into a fully-fledged musical full with ingenious storylines, hilarious characters, and pitch-perfect songs.
From Lin-Manuel Miranda to Stephen Sondheim, through Historic Egypt, a main college, or perhaps a mattress store – if the viewers can think about it, The Showstoppers can carry out it.
The powerhouse solid options a number of the UK’s prime improv and theatre expertise, together with founder member Ruth Bratt (Comedy Retailer Gamers), Pippa Evans (BBC Radio 4’s I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue, author of Now That’s What I Name A Musical!), Lucy Trodd and Susan Harrison (BBC Radio 4’s Hopping), and Matt Cavendish (Royal Selection Efficiency, Mischief Theatre). Co-founder Adam Meggido directed the West Finish and Broadway smash Peter Pan Goes Fallacious, whereas Miracle Probability (Roald Dahl’s The Witches, Heathers) lately joined the corporate.
A confirmed crowd favorite, ‘Showstopper!’ was named one of many High 10 best-reviewed exhibits on the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe – for the second yr in a row – and continues to promote out performances throughout the UK.
Crucial acclaim contains:
★ “So polished, it defies perception.” – Day by day Telegraph
★ “Achingly humorous… value seeing many times.” – Time Out
★ “Magical, correctly humorous. A triumph.” – The Instances
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CAST & CREDITS:
Jonathan Ainscough: actor, singer, multi-instrumentalist, director, author, musical director and arranger. He studied Music at Manchester College, earlier than finishing a grasp’s in efficiency on the Royal Northern Faculty of Music. He has labored for the Royal Opera Home, Welsh Nationwide Opera, Opera North, the Royal Change Theatre and the West Yorkshire Playhouse, and works for the award-winning charity Streetwise Opera, main music and drama workshops with individuals experiencing homelessness.
Ruth Bratt is in all three collection of BAFTA-winning present Individuals Simply Do Nothing (BBC2). She wrote and carried out Trodd En Bratt Say Nicely Performed You with Lucy Trodd (BBC Radio 4). She is a part of The Comedy Retailer Gamers and is a part of The Glenda J Collective alongside Josie Lawrence, Cariad Lloyd and Pippa Evans. Credit embrace Derek (C4), Mongrels (BBC3), and Sarah Millican’s Assist Group (BBC Radio 4). ruthbratt.com @ruthbratt
Justin Brett has labored lately as Johnny Money in Million Greenback Quartet (West Finish) and extensively in theatres throughout the UK. He additionally co-runs Duke’s Comedy Membership. TV: EastEnders. Peep Present; Pulling; Dombey & Son; The Queen’s Nostril; The Invoice; London`s Burning; GhoulLashed; Spooky. Movie: Battle Horse; Gulliver’s Travels; The Fallen; Brothers.
Matt Cavendish skilled at LAMDA. Theatre: Showstopper! (Lyric, West Finish), The Play That Goes Fallacious (Broadway/West Finish), Peter Pan Goes Fallacious (West Finish and UK Tour), Lights! Digital camera! Improvise! (Mischief Theatre), Sleeping Magnificence (Park Theatre), The Boys From Syracuse (Union), The Debtors (Erica Whyman), An Intimate Night with Ruthie Henshall, Information Revue. TV: Christmas Carol Goes Fallacious (BBC).
Miracle Probability skilled on the Guildford College of Appearing. For the Nationwide Theatre: Roald Dahl’s The Witches. In London’s West Finish: Be Extra Chill. Different theatre contains: Heathers (as Veronica Sawyer) at The Different Palace; The Rocky Horror Present, Unlucky – The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch, Footloose and The Marriage ceremony Singer, all on UK tour; The Witchfinder’s Sister and Priscilla Queen of the Desert on the Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch; The Christmasaurus Stay at Hammersmith Apollo; and Loserville on the Union Theatre Music Miracle Probability sings with vocal trio The Wild Tonics, who’ve carried out with The Fratellis on their UK enviornment excursions.
Dylan Emery (co-creator/director) has carried out on the Nationwide Theatre, Royal Courtroom, Shakespeare’s Globe, Bristol Previous Vic and plenty of occasions on the Edinburgh Fringe in addition to chairing The Showstoppers’ BBC Radio 4 collection. He co-founded comedy outfit Grand Theft Impro, is half of Ghost Couple together with Ruth Bratt, is a member of ‘hard-bardics’ troupe The College of Evening and runs www.thecrunchyfrogcollective.com, a web site devoted to improvisation within the UK. dylanemery.com @dylanemery
Joshua Jackson initially hails from Oakland, California. He has a BA in Music and Theatre at Colgate College, New York and a Grasp of Arts from the Arts Instructional College, London. His skilled credit embrace: A Lengthy Day’s Journey Into Evening and The Tempest, each directed by Kelly Hunter; Planet 3 with Larger Bang Studios; and voice work for Black Mirror and Maintain It Actual.
Ali James has carried out in quite a few pantomimes and musicals nationwide together with Norwich Theatre Royal and QDOS Leisure and has labored as lead vocalist for P&O at sea. She has created a number of roles in workshop musicals for Good Pitch and loved success on the Edinburgh Pageant along with her sketch group Giraffe.
Sean McCann has improvised at Shakespeare’s Globe (with The College of Evening), Royal Courtroom, Soho Theatre, West Finish and Elsinore Fort Denmark. Additionally, BBC Radio 3 and 4. He’s the veteran of 18 Improvathons (multi-day improv exhibits with out sleep) in London, Bristol, Liverpool, Canada and Eire, together with the Toronto 55 Hour in December 2013 – the world’s longest-ever long-form. As a director, latest work contains collaborations with Prompt Broadway (Andre Theatre, Oslo), Blue (for Bugiardini, Rome) and each Singing within the Darkish and Shakespeare Inedito (Italy, touring).
Adam Meggido (co-creator/director) is director of Olivier-nominated comedies: Peter Pan Goes Fallacious (West Finish, UK tour, Italy, New Zealand, Australia, Canada); Magic Goes Fallacious (West Finish, UK tour); and guide on Mischief Film Evening (West Finish and UK tour), and A Christmas Carol Goes Fallacious (BBC). He has improvised at Royal Nationwide Theatre, Royal Courtroom, Shakespeare’s Globe, BBC TV & radio, with The Society Of Unusual, The College Of Evening, Ken Campbell, Nina Conti, and Rhapsodes. He’s the creator of Improv Past Guidelines (Nick Hern Books), is a world document holder in improvisation (55 hours in Toronto, 2013), and creator of the London 50 Hour Improvathon, which has performed yearly since 2008. Adam’s musical, Burlesque, gained Finest New Musical on the 2012 Offie Awards. He additionally wrote lyrics and co-composed the west finish musical Tailor-Made Man. adammeggido.com @adammeggido
Ethan Pascal Peters (he/him) is a British-Caribbean performer, director, and author from West London. He skilled on the Academy of Stay and Recorded Arts MA Skilled Appearing course (2020/21). Credit embrace Errol in Errol’s Backyard (Golden Toad Theatre); Ensemble in Good Present for Rachel (Zoo Co Theatre); Laurie in Little Girls: The Musical (Dugdale Arts Centre).
Philip Pellew has been improvising for over 25 years together with in: Theatresports on the Donmar Warehouse, Hamlet Improvised, The Impro Musical, Impropera and festivals around the globe, radio and TV. He has UK and West Finish theatre credit and is a founder member of the David Glass Ensemble, showing in Popeye, O The Wall, Gormenghast and The Pink Thread. For six years he was a part of the Misplaced Youngster Undertaking working with marginalised kids around the globe.
Martha Pothen is a British-Indian actress from Essex. She skilled at The Royal Academy of Music and the College of York. Credit embrace Snow White and the Comfortable Ever After Magnificence Salon (Salisbury Playhouse), The Go to (Nationwide Theatre), Chilly Ft and Bacon Sandwiches (Hampstead Theatre) and was OFFIE-nominated for her skilled debut efficiency in Privates on Parade (Union Theatre).
Andrew Pugsley skilled in musical theatre at Circle within the Sq. Theatre College, New York. He’s lately been performing internationally with improvised horror present, The Society of Unusual, and improv comedy troupe Panthercannon. Different theatre: Recreation Principle (Tristan Bates); The Mikado (The Tabard); MC for Singalong Oliver! (Royal Pageant Corridor); Wind within the Willows (Brewhouse Theatre). Voiceover: The Prisoner of Zenda (Naxos Audiobooks). andrewpugsley.com @andrewdpugsley
Lauren Shearing skilled at LIPA and studied improv in London and Chicago. She is half of double act Breaking & Getting into and performs with Austentatious, Mischief Theatre, The Monkey Toast Gamers and Grand Theft Impro. She has taken half in London 50-hour Improvathons and was a part of O The High, Youtube’s interactive improv present.
Pleasure Tan (they/them) is a Singaporean Chinese language performer and 2021 graduate of Mountview’s MA Musical Theatre programme. Beforehand seen as Abby/Thomas/Lara (A-Typical Rainbow, Turbine Theatre, 2022), Ensemble (The Crucible, Nationwide Theatre, 2022) and Zella (Jungle Rumble, Fortune Theatre, 2022). Credit whereas coaching embrace Small Alison/Joan (Enjoyable Dwelling, 2020), Charity (Candy Charity, 2020) and Giuseppe Zangara (Assassins, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 2019).
Lucy Trodd is a writer-performer. In 2012 she made her Edinburgh sketch debut in Trodd en Bratt say Nicely Performed You (now two BBC Radio 4 collection/Finalists within the BBC Audio Awards 2015). Display screen credit embrace Tripped, Idiot Britannia, Docs, Quick & Free, DickandDom, Attachments. troddenbratt.com @troddenbratt
Heather Urquhart skilled in bodily theatre & studied improvisation at I.O Chicago. She improvises with The Maydays, 10,000 million Love Tales & has written a ebook on musical improv. She is winner of the award for finest feminine performer within the Brighton Fringe Pageant and a vocalist with Mercury Music Prize nominated Electrical Delicate Parade.
Musical Supervisor: Duncan Walsh Atkins has been musical supervisor for The Showstoppers since 2009. His different improvisation credit embrace the BBC TV collection Quick & Free and appearances with Mike McShane and Paul Merton. He additionally coaches musical theatre-based improvisation at courses and workshops across the UK.
Key Inventive Credit
Inventive Administrators – Adam Meggido & Dylan Emery Motion Director – Ali James
Set Designer – Simon Scullion
Costume & Props Designer – Gabriella Slade
Lighting Designer – Damian Robertson
Head of Sound – Oscar Thompson for Present Works Ltd
Producers – Keith Strachan, Adam Meggido & Dylan Emery
Basic Administration – One thing For The Weekend (SFTW Ltd)
With its unstoppable mixture of comedy, music, and viewers interplay, 29 September on the Cambridge guarantees an unforgettable evening within the West Finish – one which, fairly actually, won’t ever be repeated.
